5 Driving Games Still To Come In 2025 To Get Excited About

Although we’re getting deep into the second half of the year, there’s still plenty of games coming to get excited about

17 Sep 2025

2025 has been a great year for driving games. Tokyo Xtreme Racer took the scene by storm, launching in Early Access in January, and since then, we’ve seen AC Evo, Wreckfest 2, the full release of Le Mans Ultimate and Japanese Drift Master. Oh, and there’s Forza Horizon 5 crossing over to PlayStation, as well as a heap of excellent new indie games.

The year isn't over, though, and there’s still plenty to come. Here are five inbound games we’re excited for.

Wreckreation

We've been waiting quite some time for Wreckreation to release. The well-memorised among you may remember we put it on a list of 'games to get excited for in 2024'. Sorry about that.

Finally, though, it's almost with us. 28 October will see the spiritual Burnout successor (its studio is headed up by the original creators of that series) release on PC, PS5 and Xbox consoles.

iRacing Arcade

iRacing is about as serious as things get, but the studio behind it is branching out into all sorts of other racing niches.

iRacing Arcade is the complete opposite of the hardcore simulator, offering a cutesy, more casual take on the world of motorsport, albeit still with licensed cars and tracks. Just how adorable do those tiny Porsches look? It’s set to launch in Autumn.

NASCAR 25

5 Driving Games Still To Come In 2025 To Get Excited About

Another game backed by iRacing, but this time, a full-blown title focused solely on NASCAR. Giving the simulator has its roots in NASCAR 2003; we’re very excited to see how the studios’ first standalone title, complete with an in-depth career mode, will prove to be.

NASCAR 25 will release on consoles on 14 October, with a PC launch to follow.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer’s full release

While you can play Tokyo Xtreme Racer today, it’s still in its early access state. We're not all that far from release, though, with V1.0 landing on 25 September.

That will see the arrival of several more cars, the full story mode, as well as several quality-of-life improvements.

Project Motor Racing

From the minds once behind Project CARS, Project Motor Racing aims to bring some of sports car racing’s golden eras to the world of modern racing simulation.

With the promise of an unforgiving career mode and a full-blown focus on realism, it could prove to be one of the most challenging and rewarding titles out there. It’s set to release on consoles and PC in November.

Ryan serves as Editor of Car Throttle, having joined in 2023. On top of making sure everything is ticking over, you can read his takes on the latest new cars, some ways to spend your hard-earned cash in the used market, as well as the occasional JDM deep cut feature.